20 September 2024 Beirut attack

20 September 2024 Beirut attack
Part of the September 2024 Lebanon strikes
Haret Hreik is located in Lebanon
Haret Hreik
Haret Hreik
Location within Lebanon
LocationHaret Hreik, Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Date20 September 2024
TargetRedwan Force command committee
Deaths55[1]
Injured68+
Perpetrator Israel
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On 20 September 2024, Israel launched an air attack that leveled an apartment building in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.[3] The attack killed at least 45 people, including 16 Hezbollah militants, two of whom were commanders, identified as Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe. They were the second and third Hezbollah commanders assassinated by Israel in two months during the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict, after the killing of Fuad Shukr.

The other victims were civilians, including at least three children and seven women. At least 68 others were injured.[4][5][6] Israel said the strike targeted commanders of Hezbollah's elite Redwan Force command committee in which they were holding a meeting within an apartment building.[7][8] Seventeen remain missing from the attack.[9]

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  6. ^ "Israeli air attack on Beirut kills 14 as cross-border fire intensifies". Al Jazeera. 20 September 2024. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  9. ^ "31 killed, 23 missing in Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Southern suburbs, caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad says". Lorient Le Jour. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.